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David made a scale drawing of an Olympic-sized pool the pool is 20.5 in long and the drawing that I can shoot pool is 164 ft long what is the correct scale of the drawing

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Answer:

[tex]Scale = 1\ in : 8\ ft[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

[tex]Scale\ Measurement = 20.5in[/tex]

[tex]Actual\ Measurement = 164ft[/tex]

Required

Determine the scale

The scale is calculated using the following ratio:

[tex]Scale = Scale\ Measurement : Actual\ Measurement;[/tex]

Substitute values for Scale and Actual Measurements

[tex]Scale = 20.5\ in : 164\ ft[/tex]

Divide ratio by 20.5

[tex]Scale = 20.5/20.5\ in : 164/20.5\ ft[/tex]

[tex]Scale = 1\ in : 8\ ft[/tex]

This implies that: 1 inch on scale represents 8 ft in actual measurement

Answer:

1.8

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